A wildfire burned quite a few acres northwest of the community of Nolan.
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A wildfire burned quite a few acres northwest of the community of Nolan.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS San Angelo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 28, 11:54 AM CST, 2 hours 6 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 1154 AM CST FRI FEB 28 2014 .AVIATION... /18Z TAFS/ VFR conditions through the next 24 hours. West winds have picked up at KSJT and KABI, and will pick up at the rest of the sites by early afternoon. We will see gusts over 20 knots at times at KSJT and KABI, but should be able to avoid gusts that high for the most part at protected valley sites such as KSOA and KJCT. Winds will quickly diminish to less than 10 knots out of the southwest this evening around 6 PM/00Z, and remain there through tomorrow morning. 20 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 522 AM CST Fri Feb 28 2014/ AVIATION... /12Z TAFS/ IFR conditions will persist through mid morning across the southern terminals, including San Angelo, as a low cloud deck moves into the area. As strong west winds just above the surface mix down, the clouds will quickly dissipate and gusty winds will reach the surface. West to southwest winds will gust over 30 knots through sunset as VFR conditions will prevail. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 434 AM CST FRI FEB 28 2014/ SHORT TERM... (Today and Tonight) Low clouds moving quickly northward towards the I-10 corridor early this morning, as a low level jet approaching 50 knots brings low level moisture into the area. San Angelo VAD wind profiles show rapid veering with height just above the surface, so once we start mixing after sunrise, surface winds will veer southwest and west and shunt the low clouds off to the east. Downslope wind coupled with low level thermal ridge will lead to rapidly warming temperatures this afternoon. Guidance numbers are forecasting highs well into the low 80s, and wouldnt surprise me to see readings actually climb a degree or two warmer. LONG TERM... /Saturday and Saturday Night/ One more very warm day across West Central TX as low level south to southwest flow and thermal ridge develops ahead of an arctic cold front. The 850 mb temps will range from 18 to 20 deg C across the area Saturday afternoon, yielding highs in the lower to mid 80s. A few upper 80s will be possible. /Sunday/ Currently watching a strong upper level low moving into the southwest U.S. which will bring heavy precipitation to drought stricken California. This strong southern stream system will combine with an arctic airmass across the Northern and Central plains to produce a winter storm across the Central Plains into the Mid Mississippi Valley with heavy snow and significant ice. Looks like again West Central TX will end up in the dry slot of this system and remain mainly dry. However, the arctic cold front will move south across the area Sunday, located south of the I-20 corridor by early Sunday afternoon. The NAM model pushes this front 6 to 12 hours faster than the GFS across our area Sunday. Also, the NAM is much colder for highs, like in the mid 20s at ABI. Will go closer to the GFS for warmer highs across the southern 2/3 of the area. The NAM most of the times has a good handle on these shallow arctic boundaries, and this will have to be watched for possible quicker frontal passage which would mean much colder temperatures across most of the area Sunday. For now will go with a temperature gradient of 30 to 35 degrees with highs ranging from the lower 40s across the northern Big Country to the lower to mid 70s along the I-10 corridor. Isolated to scattered showers will develop along the front and possibly in the pre- frontal warm sector if enough instability can develop during Sunday afternoon. An isolated storm or two are possible across the Northwest Hill Country. The more active and organize convection will remain to our east. The QPF amounts will be spotty and mainly light. /Sunday Night through Tuesday/ The front will exit our area and be over deep south Texas by 12Z Monday. Strong low level CAA and gusty north winds will result in very cold temperatures Sunday night with lows in the 20s to lower 30s by Monday morning. A few upper teens will be possible across the Northern Big Country. Also, wind chill values in the teens, with single digits in the Big Country are possible Sunday night. Much colder for Monday with highs in the 30s across the Big Country to 40s elsewhere. Arctic surface high pressure ridge will be over the area Monday night along with some radiational cooling. Lows will be in the 20s, with a few upper teens possible especially in low lying areas and river valleys. A slow moderation in temperatures for Tuesday with highs in the 40s to lower 50s. /Wednesday through Friday/ Going with a dry forecast for the middle to late part of next week. the medium range models indicates an upper level trough/low developing over the southern Plains Wednesday. For now, will go with a dry forecast as most of the rainfall should be east of our area. The warm up will continue with highs will be in the 50s Wednesday to 70s by Friday. Lows will be in the 30s and 40s. FIRE WEATHER... Will upgrade the Fire Weather Watch to a Red Flag Warning for this afternoon. Wind speeds may actually be a little marginal today, but will be offset by humidity values dropping into the 10 to 15 percent range. Strongest pressure gradient will be across the Big Country along and north of I-20, so this is where the strongest winds will be located. However, even farther south wind fields are nearly parallel to the surface flow, so stronger winds aloft will have an easier time to mix down. Temperatures will be even warmer on Saturday, but low level moisture will be deeper across the area and harder to shove to the east. Humidity values will only drop to near 20 percent, and wind fields will be lighter. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Abilene 84 51 86 51 52 / 0 0 0 20 20 San Angelo 84 47 88 59 66 / 0 0 0 20 20 Junction 83 43 87 61 73 / 0 0 0 20 20 && .SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING until 5 PM CST this afternoon FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: Brown...Callahan...Coke...Coleman...Concho...Fisher... Haskell...Irion...Jones...Nolan...Runnels...Shackelford... Sterling...Taylor...Throckmorton...Tom Green. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 516 AM CST FRI FEB 28 2014 TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139- 140-154-155-168>170-011130- FISHER-NOLAN-STERLING-COKE-RUNNELS-IRION-TOM GREEN-CONCHO- CROCKETT-SCHLEICHER-SUTTON-HASKELL-THROCKMORTON-JONES-SHACKELFORD- TAYLOR-CALLAHAN-COLEMAN-BROWN-MCCULLOCH-SAN SABA-MENARD-KIMBLE- MASON- 516 AM CST FRI FEB 28 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...AS GUSTY WEST WINDS AND A VERY DRY AIR MASS COMBINE. THE MAIN THREAT AREA WILL BE ALONG AND NORTH OF A SAN ANGELO TO BROWNWOOD LINE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The 173 Wildfire located near County Road 173 burned over 300 acres northwest of the community of Nolan. The wildfire continued to burn into the first day of March before it was extinguished.
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